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| MacHEATH.
The Joes' undercover operative, Chuckles, took on the identity of MacHeath
and posed as the new gameskeeper on Destro's family estate in Scotland.
As MacHeath, Chuckles kept watch over Destro shortly before Cobra Commander
launched an attack on his castle. Destro and the Baroness were completely
unaware of MacHeath's true identity until Chuckles himself revealed it
while helping fend off Cobra's attack. (GI 116) |
  MAINFRAME.
The code name used by the G.I. Joe team's computer specialist, U.S. Marine
Corps Sergeant Blaine L. Parker. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1955.
Mainframe originally served in the Army Airborne, enlisting when he was
seventeen years old. He got to Vietnam for the last year of the war and
received his Combat Infantryman's badge. He left the Army and got his degree
at MIT on the G.I. Bill, and went on to work in the computer industry.
It made him lots of money, but bored him very quickly. When he learned
the Marines were looking for computer experts, he signed up and was soon
back in uniform.
Mainframe was recruited by the G.I. Joe team in 1986, working as their
primary computer expert. A few months after joining the team, Mainframe
was sent on a mission into the Middle Eastern nation torn apart by the
war between the Royalist rebels and the forces of dictator Colonel Sharif.
Spy satellites had detected the infrared signature of a Cobra Terror-Drome
launch base hidden in the country, and Mainframe and Dusty were sent in
to locate the base. In exchange for helping the Royalists ambush one of
Sharif's weapons convoys, the rebels gave the Joes a guide to lead them
through the desert. The guide was a teenage rebel named Rashid. As the
trio made their way across the desert, Rashid showed Mainframe no respect,
seeing him as a weak "fixer of computers", far from the great fighting
man Dusty was. Mainframe was mostly amused by the boy, not caring enough
about his to opinion explain his past as a soldier. At the end of the mission,
Mainframe's skills as a soldier came into play, and he gained Rashid's
respect. In fact, Mainframe made such an impression on Rashid, the boy
became an expert in computers himself, and was later seen working for Destro.
Once the Joes' established the new Pit headquarters in Utah, Mainframe
spent much of his time there, working with the team's advanced computer
systems. After detecting a shuttle launched from Cobra Island, Mainframe
headed into space onboard the space shuttle Defiant to defend U.S.
satellites against a Cobra attack. Some time later, Mainframe worked on
the U.S.S. Flagg as part of General Hawk's operations team during
the Joes' involvement in the Cobra Island civil war. He served in the same
capacity on the Flagg later during the Battle of Benzheen. For the
next few years, Mainframe worked at the Pit, occasionally involved in
research and development for new weapons systems. After the Joe team was
shut down in 1994, Mainframe returned to the computer industry, working
as a software developer in Seattle, helping his company give its rivals
some stiff competition. When the Joes were reinstated in 2001, computer
technology played an even greater role in the military, and Mainframe was
happy to return to the team. He headed up a large group of programmers
working around the clock to find a way to stop Cobra's nano-mites -- microscopic
machines that infected both humans and machines. Working with the Joes'
doctor, Lifeline, Mainframe found a way to stop the 'mites. He later helped
stop a Cobra BAT wreaking havoc in Chicago. He also used his computer skills
to investigate the Jugglers' General Winters and the corrupt congressman
Cartwright. On what was to become his final mission, Mainframe joined much
of the Joe team in its battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor
on Cobra Island. To allow for the start of the invasion, Mainframe and
Flash infiltrated a radar station to rig up explosives to destroy the facility.
The two Joes were delayed by Serpentor's troops and were unable to get
out in time. Flash and Mainframe were both killed in the explosion that
followed. Some time later, at Arlington National Cemetary, Mainframe's
name was added to a new memorial dedicated to the fallen members of the
G.I. Joe team. (GI 57, 58, 65, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 115, 137, 140; SM 16; GIv2 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 23, 24, 25; BF 1; FL 13, 16,
18; Figures: 1, 2) |
| MAJOR BLUDD |
 MANGLER.
An arrogant young soldier who nearly became a member of the G.I. Joe team.
While many members of the team are simply hand-picked from the elite of
the armed forces, some soldiers undergo the weeding out process of the
Joes own version of boot camp. As a probationary member of the team, Mangler
was sent on a mission in the Middle Eastern nation of Trucial Abysmia as
his final exam. The supposedly simple mission to destroy a buried U.S.
weapons cache became much more when the team led by Outback and Dusty was
ambushed and captured by the local army. The team refused to answer questions,
though the brash nineteen-year-old Mangler blurted out that they were from
the G.I. Joe team. The unit's overzealous political officer took charge
and decided to torture the Joes into talking. He randomly chose the other
recruit, Lightfoot, who was severely beaten for a time, but refused to
talk. When they finally used alligator clips to shock him with electricity,
it was too much for him to bear, and Lightfoot revealed the team's objective.
Mangler chastised Lightfoot for giving in, but Dusty and Outback backed
him after seeing what he'd been through. When Mangler continued to berate
Lightfoot, Dusty silenced him with a swift kick in the stomach. The Joes
were left behind with a junior officer with orders to execute them while
the rest of the enemy unit went to find the weapons cache. The officer
disagreed with the torture of Lightfoot and let the Joes go rather than
execute them. Left in the desert with only a small amount of water, the
Joes were ready to head for friendly territory, but it was Lightfoot who
pushed them to complete the mission. He could barely walk and Mangler carried
him on his back through the desert. Mangler was impressed with Lightfoot
and apologized to him after they destroyed the cache and made their escape
in a stolen armored vehicle. The vehicle, however, proved to be difficult
to get up enough speed and the Abysmian army vehicles were gaining on them.
Mangler saw that the only way for the Joes to escape was for someone to
slow down their pursuers. He jumped from the armored vehicle and stood
in the path of the oncoming trucks, firing his machine and pistol. The
other drivers swerved to miss the young soldier and collided. Mangler was
crushed and killed in the accident. He was made a member of the team posthumously
and is remembered as a hero. Mangler was buried in Arlington National Cemetary.
(SM 13) |
 MARINER.
The
code name used by U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer David Adcox. In 2001, the
newly reinstated G.I. Joe team's new recruits included eager young Adcox.
He stood out among the young "greenshirts" and became one of the leaders
of the young recruits. After the Joe's battle against Serpentor's forces
on Cobra Island, Adcox became a full-fledged member of the Joe team as
an amphibious warfare specialist under the code name "Mariner". On his
first
mission as Mariner, he took part in a fight off the coast of Cobra
Island
that served as a distraction to allow Barrel Roll to infiltrate Cobra's
headquarters. (GIv2 2,
7, 28) |
| MARSHALL. A man working for terrorist Tyler
Wingfield. (FL 13) |
| MARTINA. This woman from Sierra Gordo was the secretary of that nation's President Delacruz. (GIv2 29, 30) |
| MAVERICK |
 MAYDAY.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Paige Adams. She was among the reinstated
G.I. Joe team's new recruits in 2001. Adams impressed Dusty with her marksmanship
when he was running the new Joes through target practice. Adams later worked
undercover on a joint Joe-Iron Grenadier mission to rescue Flint and Baroness
from the Russian mafia. She later took part in the battle against the forces
of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. Not long after that mission, Adams
was made a full-fledged member of the Joe team as an urban warfare specialist
under the code name "Mayday". On her
first
mission as Mayday, she took part in a fight off the coast of Cobra
Island
that served as a distraction to allow Barrel Roll to infiltrate Cobra's
headquarters. The name "Mayday"
is a reference to the short-lived G.I. Joe: Extreme series, which featured
a female character with the same name. (GIv2 2, 7, 17-19, 24, 28) |
  MCCULLEN,
ALEXANDER. Born
in near poverty in the Midland Valley of Scotland,
Alexander McCullen was raised by a single mother who spoke so little
about
his father, that Alexander did not even know his name. Unable to afford
much in the way of education, Alexander learned from the criminals and
gangs he fell in with during his youth. Resenting his situation in
life,
teenaged Alexander began to seek out information about his father's
identity.
He was pleased to learn he was none other than wealthy international
arms
dealer, James McCullen Destro XXIV. He researched his family history
and
became obsessed with gaining his father's approval and one day taking
Destro's
place in the family business. When he arrived at his father's home,
Alexander
found Destro bedridden and from a family illness, and learned that his
father had not even known he existed. Alexander seized his opportunity
and took over the family business, hoping to prove himself to his long
lost father, even posing as Destro. The Baroness, despairing over
Destro's
condition, supported Alexander's effort to keep the business alive.
When
the fugitive Cobra Commander returned to America in 2001 with a renewed
Cobra organization, he put a call out to his former high command.
Alexander
posed as Destro, arriving with the Baroness in tow. He quickly seized
control
of the organization and had the Commander locked in a padded cell and
infected
him with stolen nano-mite technology to drive him insane. Alexander's
chief
military strategist was Lilian Osbourne -- aka Mistress Armada -- a
former
British soldier whose interest in Alexander was more than just
professional.
Using nano-mites to cripple the nation's infrastructure, Alexander and
Lilian began their plan to take over America, and soon had to lead a
renewed
Cobra in battle against the reinstated G.I. Joe team. When the Joes
foiled
their plans, Lilian and Alexander were "rescued" by the Baroness, only
to be jailed by Destro in his castle in Trans-Carpathia. Destro vowed
to
make his son and Lilian pay for what they had done in his name. After
his
castle was attacked by Cobra Commander, Destro revealed that it was his
son who took control of Cobra, and offered Lilian to the Commander as
his
prisoner. She served as the Commander's servant, doing menial tasks and
waiting on him. Alexander, too, was forced to do the same by his
father.
He was finally given another chance when he helped Destro rescue the
Baroness
from Russian mobsters. When Cobra Commander was captured on Cobra
Island
by the forces of a revived Serpentor, he radioed Destro and told him
all
debts would be repaid if he led Cobra in the battle to rescue him.
Destro
commanded Cobra for a short time, and allowed both Lilian and Alexander
to fight at his side. Destro returned to lead his Iron Grendiers and
sent
Alexander and Lilian on an assignment to recruit the mercenary known as
Wraith to work for Destro. Alexander was happy to be working with
Destro as he takes over Cobra,
and continued to try and prove himself to his father. Lately, he has
become concerned about his father's attentions now that he has learned
he has married the Baroness and the couple is expecting their first
child. He was then kept apart from Armada as Destro assigned her as one
of the commanders of Cobra's forces in Europe. (GIv2 1, 2, 3, 4,
6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 19, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36; AE 1, 6, 7; DDH) |
 MERCER. The code name used by U.S.
Army
Sergeant Felix P. Stratton, from Spencer, West Virginia. (He has also used the alias Richard S. Cecil.) Mercer joined
the ranks of Cobra Vipers for the promise of money and adventure.
Becoming
disaffected with Cobra, he had second thoughts and escaped from Cobra
Island.
He eventually began working undercover and worked with the G.I. Joe
team
on a number of classified missions before it was shut down in 1994.
After
the Joe team was reinstated in 2001, Mercer helped in the planning of
the
team's invasion of Cobra Island to battle the forces of a revived
Serpentor,
and joined in the battle. Some time later, after the Joes stopped a
plot by Cobra to unleash the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated
a new threat, the Red Shadows, the military again disbanded the team.
One year later, the Joe team was reformed with a smaller roster of
active members. Mercer, like most former Joes, is a reserve member of
the new team. He was called back to duty to stop a group of terrorists
who had taken control of a Cobra biological weapon facility in
Manhattan. (GIv2 23-26; SM:M; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
 METAL-HEAD.
An
anti-tank specialist, Metal-Head is like a walking anti-tank weapon himself.
He can launch missiles from his backpack and his hip-mounted swiveling
holster tubes. His blast suit includes a built-in laser-guided targeting
computer that ties into his range-finder goggles and is voice-activated.
All Metal-Head has to do to fire is look at his target and yell "bang".
Metal-Head is constantly ready for battle, and thinks of little else. The
sheer joy he displays in combat often makes his enemies and allies question
his sanity. Metal-Head joined Destro's Iron Grenadier army as his anti-tank
specialist. When he began working for Cobra, he was there as a double-agent,
spying on Cobra Commander for Destro. The Joes first encountered Metal-Head
during the Battle of Benzheen when he personally went up against a group
of G.I. Joe armored vehicles on foot, armed with his advanced missile system.
Before the battle could be won, it was announced that Benzheen's Emir made
a deal with Cobra, putting an end to hostilities. Metal-Head soon reported
back to Destro in Scotland, warning that Cobra was planning to attack Castle
Destro. Cobra Commander proved him right by launching an attack that led
to the destruction of the castle. Metal-Head was not seen working for Destro
or Cobra for years after the battle. Some time after Cobra was re-formed
in 2001, Metal-Head was seen on Cobra Island working alongside Cobra troops
led by Destro, fighting the forces of a revived Serpentor. (GI 114, 116; GIv2 24, 25; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
| MICHAUD. An air traffic controller at the
McCord Air Force Base in Washington, DC. Michaud was on duty when a government
jet carrying a bio-lab carrying the Death Angel virus was hijacked and
disappeared off radar. (FL 11) |
| MIRAGE. The code name used by U.S. Army
Staff Sergeant Joseph R. Baikun, from Molsen, Washington. Mirage is a weapons
expert, specialized in everything from small arms to shoulder-fired rockets,
and he trains soldiers in the proper use of various weapons. Mirage served
with the G.I. Joe team on a small number of missions shortly before the
team was shut down in 1994. He was later called back to join the reinstated
Joes, eventually joining in their battle against the forces of a revived
Serpentor on Cobra Island. (GIv2 23, 25, 34-36; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
 MISTRESS
ARMADA.
The daughter of wealthy British bureaucrats, Lilian
Osborne was born in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Lilian became an
incredibly
spoiled teenager and was never satisfied with what her parents gave
her.
When they cut back on her allowance, she simply stole from them. Her
father
was fed up and sent Lilian to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She
took to the military life surprisingly well and graduated with top
honors.
She moved on to the British Army where she was trained in
counter-intelligence
and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). While serving in the army,
Lilian
had a chance meeting with a charismatic civilian named Alexander
McCullen.
The young man's tales of the storied history of his family -- the
Destro
clan -- persuaded Osborne to leave the army and help in his quest to
take
over his family's arms-dealing business. She soon discovered that
Alexander's
claims of military experience and underworld connections were
exaggerated
to say the least, but she stuck with him, believing his plan had merit.
Plus, her interest in McCullen was becoming more than just
professional.
McCullen was actually unknown to his father, Destro, and when he
arrived
at his home found his father bedridden by a family illness. Alexander
seized
his opportunity and took over the business, hoping to prove himself to
his long lost father, even posing as Destro. When the fugitive Cobra
Commander
returned to America in 2001 with a renewed Cobra organization, he put a
call out to his former high command. Alexander posed as Destro,
arriving
with the Baroness in tow. He quickly seized control of the organization
and had the Commander locked in a padded cell and infected him with
stolen
nano-mite technology to drive him insane. Lilian, dubbed Mistress
Armada,
served as his chief military strategist, and many were surprised to see
that "Destro" now had a close relationship with Armada instead of the
Baroness.
Using nano-mites to cripple the nation's infrastructure, Alexander and
Lilian began their plan to take over America, and soon had to fight the
reinstated G.I. Joe team. Lilian came to realize Alexander had become
obsessed
with proving his worth to his father, and began to question his sanity.
When the Joe team foiled their plans, Lilian and Alexander were
"rescued"
by the Baroness, only to be jailed by Destro in his castle in
Trans-Carpathia.
Destro vowed to make his son and Lilian pay for what they had done in
his
name. After his castle was attacked by Cobra Commander, Destro revealed
that it was his son who took control of Cobra, and offered Lilian to
the
Commander as his prisoner. She served as the Commander's servant, doing
menial tasks and waiting on him. Eventually, while Destro controlled
Cobra
in the Commander's brief absence, Lilian was freed. After Destro had
her
tested to rule out any brainwashing at the Commander's hands, Lilian
began
working for Destro alongside Alexander. Their first assignment was to
track
down the mercenary known as Wraith and hire him to work for Destro.
Destro
continues to keep a close eye on Lilian, and neither are completely
convinced
they can trust one another. Recently, Destro took control of Cobra and
partnered Armada with Major Bludd as one of the commanders of Cobra's
forces in Europe. (GIv2 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 14, 27, 29, 31, 33, 36, 37, 39, 40; BF
2; DDH; SM:T) |
 MONKEYWRENCH.
Born Bill Winkie in the town of Rhyl in North Wales, Monkeywrench began
building explosives from a young age. By age sixteen he had made himself
a pariah in his hometown by building explosive devices for terrorists.
He moved to London's East End and joined the "new wave" movement, developing
extreme levels of rudeness and anti-social behavior. His wanderings brought
him to Australia, where he joined the Dreadnoks. Only three Dreadnoks originally
went with Zartan to America when he began working almost exclusively for
Cobra. Monkeywrench made his way to America a few years later, where he
worked with Zanzibar, stealing gasoline from the Dreadnoks' New Jersey
gas station hideout. Zarana and Buzzer arrived at the scene of the crime
and started beating on the two new arrivals, until Zanzibar revealed that
he knew where to find a top secret missile silo in New Jersey, aimed at
Cobra Island and guarded by a team of Joes. Monkeywrench and the Dreadnoks
then attacked the missile base and fought the Joes before escaping. Some
time later, Monkeywrench headed to Sierra Gordo with Zarana and Thrasher,
all placed in charge of a Cobra Terror-Drome in the small nation. As the
country erupted into civil war, the Dreadnoks hijacked a G.I. Joe transport
plane, taking refugees as hostages. When the plane was shot down, Monkeywrench
and the others had to join forces with the Joes to get out of the country
alive. Monkeywrench continued to work with the Dreadnoks and Cobra for
years until Cobra was broken up in 1995. The Dreadnoks were later expanded
into an organized, national biker gang led by Zartan and in 2001, they
began working again with a revived Cobra organization and renewed their
fight against the G.I. Joe team. (GI 60, 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79,
81, 89, 90, 145; GIv2 10, 11, 27, 31, 38; FL 9-10; Figures: 1, 2) |
 MUSKRAT.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Ross A. Williams. Born in Thibodaux,
Louisiana, Muskrat spent much of his youth in the swamps, hunting raccoon,
possum and wild pig, and fighting poachers and other criminals. After joining
the Army, Ranger School and the Jungle Warfare Training Center seemed like
summer camp to him. He is skilled at fighting and hiding in the swamps,
easily using his knowledge to throw anyone off his trail. He eventually
joined the G.I. Joe team.
On his first mission with the Joes, Muskrat and several other new recruits
fought to keep Cobra from claiming a newly-formed island not far from the
original Cobra Island. They barely stopped Cobra before the entire landmass
sunk back beneath the ocean. Some time later, Muskrat and a number of Joes
flew a Tomahawk rescue chopper into Southeast Asia to pick up four Joes
who had been on a long mission since before the war. The aircraft went
up against Russian attack helicopters and was nearly shot down before the
team reached their objective and picked up their teammates. Shortly after
that, Muskrat and a team of Joes stormed the offices of Nexus Tech -- a
software company contracted by the government -- to foil a hostage situation.
The mission was successful, but it turned out that the hostages and terrorists
all worked for Cobra, who had made a deal with the company's owner to cover
up documents that proved he was cheating the government for years. When
the truth was revealed, the corruption of the company didn't really bother
him. As long as they all did what they had to do for the mission to succeed,
he was satisfied. Later, he was part of a team that rescued a group of
Joes being held prisoner in Sierra Gordo's capital. He would return to
the country again when he and a small team of Joes fought against Destro's
Iron Grenadiers and returned a third time when a group of Joes teamed with
the new October Guard. That long mission took the team into the nation's
jungles to fight the Iron Grenadiers with the help of the native Tucaros,
and they all barely escaped with their lives. Muskrat continued his service
with the team over the next few years, fighting in the Joes' biggest operation
yet, Battle of Benzheen, and protecting the Pit III in Utah from a Cobra
invasion. He was a member of the team until it was shut down in 1994. (GI 80,
86, 92, 100-105, 113, 131; SM 17, 18, 19, 23; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
| MUTT |
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